Nippon Sport Science University Lifesaving Club is the No. 1 University in Japan! Two days of serious competition for university students, the key to summer surveillance activities, with their first and last members.
The Japan Lifesaving Association (JLA) held the "17th All Japan Student Lifesaving Pool Competition Championship" on February 14-15, 2026. Athletes from Tokai University Shonan Physical Education, Waseda University, and others achieved great success, with new competition records being set.
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The Japan Lifesaving Association (JLA, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Chairman/Takuya Iritani) hosted the "17th All Japan Student Lifesaving Pool Competition Championship (concurrently: Pool Competition Record Meet 2025)" for two days from Saturday, February 14 to Sunday, February 15, 2026, at Nikkan Arena Tochigi (Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture).
This competition brought together 487 athletes from 37 teams at Nikkan Arena Tochigi in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture.
This was the second time Nikkan Arena Tochigi was used as the venue for this competition.
The first champions of this competition were Yuna Jinnai of Tokai University Shonan Physical Education and Kota Sekiguchi of Waseda University, who won the Obstacle Swim (50m). This event was created for the 2023 competition with the aim of allowing everyone to enjoy lifesaving sports, without setting a qualifying standard, so that athletes who are not good at swimming or those who find it difficult to enter other events can participate. Both athletes have a proven track record, having competed in an international competition in the Netherlands last November as Japan National Team強化指定選手 (strengthened designated athletes). In particular, Sekiguchi also won the 2023 competition, making him the first champion of this event.
Yuna Jinnai / Tokai University Shonan Physical Education
Miyu Oda and Shunya Ishida of Tokai University Shonan Physical Education, who won the Obstacle Swim (200m), achieved their first victories. Oda, a first-year university student, won the championship and is highly anticipated to lead the university lifesaving world in the future. Ishida narrowly missed out on a medal in the previous competition but secured his first medal in this tournament.
Shunya Ishida / Tokai University Shonan Physical Education
With changes in competition rules, new Japanese records and competition records are being updated every time the Manikin Carry (50m) event is held. Attention was focused on the showdown between Shuta Hara of Nippon Sport Science University, a former Japanese record holder, and Kota Sekiguchi of Waseda University, who fought against the world as a member of the Japan Lifesaving National Team at "The World Games 2025" held in China in August. Other athletes such as Issei Nishida of Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences and Hayato Uchino of Keio University also made the race for medals intense. As a result, Sekiguchi won by a touch. His time of 29.51 seconds was faster than Hara's then-Japanese record and set a new competition record for this tournament.
This competition brought together 487 athletes from 37 teams at Nikkan Arena Tochigi in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture.
This was the second time Nikkan Arena Tochigi was used as the venue for this competition.
The first champions of this competition were Yuna Jinnai of Tokai University Shonan Physical Education and Kota Sekiguchi of Waseda University, who won the Obstacle Swim (50m). This event was created for the 2023 competition with the aim of allowing everyone to enjoy lifesaving sports, without setting a qualifying standard, so that athletes who are not good at swimming or those who find it difficult to enter other events can participate. Both athletes have a proven track record, having competed in an international competition in the Netherlands last November as Japan National Team強化指定選手 (strengthened designated athletes). In particular, Sekiguchi also won the 2023 competition, making him the first champion of this event.
Yuna Jinnai / Tokai University Shonan Physical Education
Miyu Oda and Shunya Ishida of Tokai University Shonan Physical Education, who won the Obstacle Swim (200m), achieved their first victories. Oda, a first-year university student, won the championship and is highly anticipated to lead the university lifesaving world in the future. Ishida narrowly missed out on a medal in the previous competition but secured his first medal in this tournament.
Shunya Ishida / Tokai University Shonan Physical Education
With changes in competition rules, new Japanese records and competition records are being updated every time the Manikin Carry (50m) event is held. Attention was focused on the showdown between Shuta Hara of Nippon Sport Science University, a former Japanese record holder, and Kota Sekiguchi of Waseda University, who fought against the world as a member of the Japan Lifesaving National Team at "The World Games 2025" held in China in August. Other athletes such as Issei Nishida of Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences and Hayato Uchino of Keio University also made the race for medals intense. As a result, Sekiguchi won by a touch. His time of 29.51 seconds was faster than Hara's then-Japanese record and set a new competition record for this tournament.